Oastrolohium^ 



XL. LEGUMrN'OS:^, 99 



r 



terminal liead, not usually exceeding the leaves. Calyx silky-pubescent, about 



h lines long, the lobes rather shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united 



above the middle. Keel deeply coloured. Ovary on a rather long stipes. 

 Pod not seen. ^ ^ ^ 



W. Australia^ Drummond, Uh Coll. n. 57. 



4. G. stipulare, Meissn. in PI. Freiss. ii. 218. Branches erect, densely 

 villous as well as the young leaves with long soft hairs. Leaves crowded, 

 scarcely or irregularly whorled, narrow-linear, mucronate, 1 to liin. long, rigid, 

 at_ length nearly glabrous, the margins revolute, the midrib and transverse 

 veins very promment underneath. Stipules setaceous, remarkably long, often 

 auaimng ^ m. Flowers not seen. Fruiting pedicels short, axillary. Calyx 

 siiKj -villous about 2-| lines long, the 2 upper lobes rather broader than the 

 otnws. Pod ovoid, turgid, acute, about 3 lines long. Seeds 2, strophiolate. 



with ai"i ^nf *''*^**' -Dra«wo«</, Zrd Coll. n. 93. This species has no immediate affinity 

 Tin.k .\ T^ "l^" ^^ '■^"^ Senus, and has more the aspect of some Oivlohiums, but the young 

 polls show that there are only 2 ovules. ^ , / « 



feft' -p* ^^o^^^iij Ihism. in. PI. Preiss. i. 71. A shrub, attaining several 

 ^r'n 1 ''^^^'^^cs so% pubescent or villous. Leaves obovate or oblong, but 



sually broader above than below the middle, and sometimes ' almost liuear- 

 neate, rounded or truncate, with a short rigid or puugent point, in some 



pecimens not exceeding \ in., in others f to 1 in. long, obtuse at the base, 

 clust ^'^^f reticulate, glabrous, often slightly undulate. Flowers in axiUary 

 intrth 1 ci'o^^ded in the upper part of the branches, but rarely exceed- 



unriP 1 T^^^' ^'^^y^ ^^^^^y ^^l^ous or nearly glabrous, 2 to 2^ lines long, the 



Pi ei lobes united above the middle. Ovarv on a lon^ stipes. Pod not seen 



npe. 



vl?*^- A'^stralia. 



®02 {Herb Sd '^"^^'^ summit of Jfount Wuljcuup, Plantagcnct district, Freiss, n. 



Meissnert^l'n?!'^*"* "' ^'- ^^^'^^^' ^ ''1' ^'o™ Drummond, n. 73, and, according to 

 less mucrouate 1 "°^ "^^''^^'" ^° ^^^ ^ ^'^" ^""""^ ^' ^'''^"'""' ^^'^^^^ ^" ^^* shorter, 



gate' P* ^®**culatum, BeiM. A low slirub, with erect, rather thick, vir- 

 oval'or Ti ^^"^^^^ose branches. Leaves in irregular whoris of 3, crowded, 

 iinbrif. f =' ^ *° '^ o^" rarely 4 lines long, .obtuse, erect and often almost 

 ous ^11 ^* *^^^ ^^^^' spreading or recurved upwards, thickly coriace- 

 nsuallv f '°"-^ «nd densely reticulate. Stipules none. Flowers axillary, 

 concqvp i"^'"^ m-egular whorls below the ends of the branches. Bracts 

 Bractpni ^""^^^"^ °ff lo"S before flowering. Pedicels short, villous, 



nearlv f^"^' ^^^^^ ^^^1 villo'is. nearly 3 lines long, the lobes broad, 

 the calv ^ i' ^ ^^ ^°"S as the tube. Petals about half as long again as 

 learlv l^ i i '^^'^P^^ coloured, broad, obtuse. Ovary nearly sessile. Pod 

 Seeds I 1 . ^ °^^^^ slightly acute, coriaceous, villous, about 3 lines long. 

 tata i;y^']''^''^^-~'^tiia^la reticulata, Meissn. in. PI. Preiss. i. 65 ; Kpmc 

 ^fwcz.in. Bull. Mose. 1853, i. 272. 



"«* 8eeaP™?7"*' drummond, 5M Coll. n. 69; iu the interior, Preiss, n. 870. I have 

 ^fnmmond's r ^P"'^'™'^"' ^^^ Meissuer'a descriptiou leaves no doubt of the ideutity witH 



• G« truncatum, Benth. Branches numerous, but short and slender, 



